The Zoot Theatre Company, Dayton’s only professional puppetry and mask company will produce Michael Slade’s AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD at the Dayton Art Institute’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium April 5-14, 2013.

Michael Slade is no stranger to Dayton. He has been in the area twice in the past year, both times at The Human Race Theatre Company, which produced Slade’s UNDER A RED MOON and more recently a reading of GINGERBREAD CHILDREN. Michael was able to stop by the Zoot Studios to get a glimpse of Zoot’s puppets that will tell this moving and heart-wrenching story.

AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD is the true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the “Jewish city” established by the Nazis as a way station before the death camps. In the face of unspeakable horror, these children use their determination and creativity — playing, studying, making art, and writing an underground newspaper — all at the peril of being executed. Their actual poems and stories are woven into this fast-paced drama.

The Zoot Theatre Company brings its beautiful and amazing puppet artistry to life on the stage of the NCR Renaissance Auditorium as a new resident company of The DAI in 2012!

All Zoot MainStage performances are held on Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. in the museum’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium.

Season subscriptions for Zoot’s 2012-2013 MainStage Series are on sale now and priced at $45 for adults, $42 for seniors and students, $33 for children 12 & under. Individual tickets go on sale August 27, and will be priced at $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, $12 for children 12 & under.

Special Offer!
Combine with Arts Night Out for even better savings!
Zoot has partnered with The Dayton Art Institute for a special subscription package that combines the MainStage Series with DAI’s brand-new Arts Night Out series! The combined subscription package (6 shows) is just $110 for adults, $108 for seniors & students!